Jonathan Kozol Quotes

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing.

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

There is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Every life is precious.

It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man.

Every life is special.

There's always something personal, no matter how big or small the story is.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

You are more important to yourself than you think you are.

Life is a great experience. Dignity is a treasure.

Attitudes are much more important than facts.

Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

It's always helpful to remember that in the grand scheme of things you are much more important than... um, wait, than... something, maybe.

No one's more important than people.

No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.

And then many things became very clear... we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.

All human life is precious.

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for sure—no one but you can be the hero of your story.

Maybe it's not as important to you as it was for me, but that's not for you to decide.

Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.

The best way to make somebody feel important is to try to assassinate them.

each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.